About Us
About WhoAPI
Let’s create a
landing page, and see what happens!
“We don’t have to build entire infrastructure or code anything before we see if anyone is prepared to pay for this service. Let’s create a landing page, and see what happens!”
That’s how we started. With a landing page, taking pre-orders back in 2011. There was no company, and the website wasn’t even on WhoAPI.com.
One backlink and one micro Google AdWords campaign changed all that. However, in all honesty, my business partner at the time, and I didn’t know what we were getting into. Still, we pushed on. Over the years, we’ve had the absolute pleasure of serving and working with some of the most innovative companies in the world. Developers, freelancers, startups, companies and Fortune 500 corporations.
Angel and venture capital funding
In 2012, 500 Startups, Isaac Saldana, and other investors and partners financed the creation of what was to become our first API version, server infrastructure, website, forming the company and everything else involved in getting the company off the ground.
Geeks on a plane conference
This happened in spectacular fashion as our pitch won the Geeks on a plane conference and we went to Sillicon Valley for our incubation program. Even the president of a small country from EU (Croatia) witnessed this and invited them for a visit. Although exciting at the time, it wasn’t enough to sustain a viable business.
Why we persevered
To contribute even in a small way is great privilege and satisfaction. There’s so many domain names, websites and other moving parts that have the potential to do so much good! It is up to us to arm them with data, intelligence and proper resources! That way, we can spot dangers along with opportunities and not mix the two.
Goran Duskic
at the Geeks on a place conference
WhoAPI
raises it’s first investment
Pre-seed
round from 500 Startups
The Slate
caught onto our research
Data provided by our APIs have helped
The industry
In the end, we are a business, and money keeps us going. However, working with such diverse companies gives us so much more. It gives us purpose and you can’t put a price tag on that. Without being too philosophical, I think everybody can appreciate the fact that without a good challenge, life would quickly become too boring. Our industry has shown over the years that it always has a new challenge!
Privacy concerns, data size, more domains, more websites, more criminals, new technologies, while at the same time clients are becoming more demanding. This keeps us going, and hopefully, we can add value going forward as we steam through our 10 year anniversary.
Our Investors
